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Takeover merchants

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
After stalling during August and September's credit storm, private equity in Australia is experiencing a renaissance, while US PE giants like Blackstone are still weathering the sub-prime storm. Private equity's bruises from August's global liquidity ...

First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
As if sub-prime weren't enough to rattle the markets, party pooper Wen Jaibao has rained on the Asian markets' parade, while Australia just gets comfortable to watch the big race, betting all we have on an interest rate hike. Sub-prime mashed the US ...

Sub-prime still has teeth

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
As the sub-prime monster refuses to die, Standard & Poor's takes the scissors to the financial sector sin-bin - snipping at ratings, while the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA) could be giving Goldman's profits a Sherlock Holmes. Fears ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian market is expected to open to sharp losses, weighed down by weak base metal prices and a poor result on Wall Street. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 134 points to 6710 on a volume of ...

ASIC releases guide for unlisted debentures

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
ASIC has released its regulatory guide for unlisted debentures, following its industry consultation process in August. The initial August draft followed the collapse of Westpoint and Fincorp this year, which left investors with losses in the tens of ...

K2 back on IPO path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
K2 Asset Management Holdings (K2) has declared that market conditions are now right to re-list on the ASX, after withdrawing its initial public offering in August. Campbell Neal, executive director at K2 Asset Management, previously said a listing in ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Offshore markets rolled over and played dead again overnight, scared silly by another petrol price spike, while the Aussie dollar continued to run on ahead. The Australian dollar rose to a fresh 23-year high of 0.9090, after opening in London at 0.9030 ...

Shut up and drive

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Consumer demand has driven motor vehicle sales comfortably above the million mark, but while cars are cheaper consumers still feel that petrol prices are taking them for a ride. In spite of this, on the latest vehicle sales data, petrol guzzling SUV's ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...